About the Artwork

Possessed of great delicacy, this little painting also compels attention through its complexity. In the lower scene, enclosed by a wall, the body of the Virgin lies on a bier draped with sumptuous gold textiles. She is surrounded by Christ’s disciples, who miraculously appeared as she lay dying... The Assumption of the Virgin is seen above. Three days after her burial, she ascended into heaven. Fra Angelico depicts the Virgin rising upwards, surrounded by a chorus of music angels.

Source: Alan Chong, "The Death and Assumption of the Virgin," in Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 45

Related Images

John Singer SargentEl Jaleo, 1882 (detail: half section, left)

Follower of Sandro BotticelliThe Nativity, about 1482-1485

Simone MartiniVirgin and Child with Saints, about 1320

Martin SchongauerThe Virgin and Child of the Rose Bower, mid 16th century

RaphaelCount Tommaso Inghirami, about 1515-1516

Francesc Comes the YoungerVirgin and Child with Saints George and Martin, about 1395

Anders ZornIsabella Stewart Gardner in Venice, 1894

Fra AngelicoThe Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin, 1424-1434

TitianRape of Europa (detail: cupid riding a fish), 1562

Carlo CrivelliSaint George Slaying the Dragon

Neroccio di Bartolommeo de'LandiA Hero of Antiquity, about 1500

Edgar DegasA Ballerina (Danseuse a la barre), about 1880

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